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His Grace the Right Reverend '''Alexis (Trader) of Bethesda''' is the Auxiliary [[Bishop]] to [[Metropolitan]] [[Tikhon (Mollard) of Washington|Tikhon]] for [[Stavropegial]] Institutions. He was elected to the episcopate on [[November 12]], 2019, and consecrated on [[January 25]], 2020.
==Life==
Bishop Alexis is a [[Monastic_Ranks#Great_Schema|Great-schema]] [[hieromonk]] who returned from Greece to the United States on His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon's invitation and with the blessing of his abbot, Archimandrite [[Philotheos (Zervakos) of Paros|Philotheos]], in order to serve the [[Orthodox Church in America]]. He was received into the Orthodox faith at the [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Monastery (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)|Monastery of Saint Tikhon]] where he became a monk and lecturer in [[patristics]].
After ten years at the monastery, he went to the [[Karakalou Monastery (Athos)|Monastery of Karakallou]] on the [[Mount Athos|Holy Mountain]] in order to deepen his experience of the [[monastic]] life. There, he immersed himself in the life of community and was [[ordain]]ed to the holy [[priest]]hood. He also wrote ''In Peace Let us Pray to the Lord'', translated several Greek books into English, and edited other books in both Greek and English for publication. For health reasons, he was transferred to a women's monastery that was also a [[skete|dependency]] of Karakallou. There, the local bishop blessed him to be a [[spiritual father]] for the community that also served as a parish for many Greeks in the area. At this time, he completed his doctoral dissertation in Greek at the University of Thessaloniki which was later published in Greek and English as ''Ancient Christian Wisdom and Aaron Beck's Cognitive Therapy''. He has also engaged in further studies in clinical psychology, but his chief work has been pastoral, building up the parish growing around the monastery and offering one-on-one assistance to those in need through the mystery of holy [[confession]] and counseling.
Since 2019, Bishop Alexis has been in residence at the Monastery of Saint Tikhon. During this past year, he has given a talk on the ascetic ethos of Orthodox liturgical art for a music conference at Jewel College, lectures on the Prophet [[Isaiah]] at [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary|Saint Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary]] (STOTS), in Alaska for their continuing education programs, a lecture on beauty in Church architecture at the [[Orthodox Inter-Seminary Movement]]'s (OISM) latest gathering at STOTS, and sermons in parishes and at the monastery church.
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{{succession|
before=see created|
title=Bishop of Bethesda<br>Auxiliary ([[OCA]])|
years=2020-present|
after=—}}
{{end box}}
==Source==
*[https://www.oca.org/holy-synod/bishops/the-right-reverend-alexis The Right Reverend Alexis] ([[OCA]])
==External Link==
*[http://ancientchristianwisdom.com/ Ancient Christian Wisdom]
[[Category:Bishops]]
[[Category:Bishops of Bethesda]]
[[Category:21st-century bishops]]
==Life==
Bishop Alexis is a [[Monastic_Ranks#Great_Schema|Great-schema]] [[hieromonk]] who returned from Greece to the United States on His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon's invitation and with the blessing of his abbot, Archimandrite [[Philotheos (Zervakos) of Paros|Philotheos]], in order to serve the [[Orthodox Church in America]]. He was received into the Orthodox faith at the [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Monastery (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)|Monastery of Saint Tikhon]] where he became a monk and lecturer in [[patristics]].
After ten years at the monastery, he went to the [[Karakalou Monastery (Athos)|Monastery of Karakallou]] on the [[Mount Athos|Holy Mountain]] in order to deepen his experience of the [[monastic]] life. There, he immersed himself in the life of community and was [[ordain]]ed to the holy [[priest]]hood. He also wrote ''In Peace Let us Pray to the Lord'', translated several Greek books into English, and edited other books in both Greek and English for publication. For health reasons, he was transferred to a women's monastery that was also a [[skete|dependency]] of Karakallou. There, the local bishop blessed him to be a [[spiritual father]] for the community that also served as a parish for many Greeks in the area. At this time, he completed his doctoral dissertation in Greek at the University of Thessaloniki which was later published in Greek and English as ''Ancient Christian Wisdom and Aaron Beck's Cognitive Therapy''. He has also engaged in further studies in clinical psychology, but his chief work has been pastoral, building up the parish growing around the monastery and offering one-on-one assistance to those in need through the mystery of holy [[confession]] and counseling.
Since 2019, Bishop Alexis has been in residence at the Monastery of Saint Tikhon. During this past year, he has given a talk on the ascetic ethos of Orthodox liturgical art for a music conference at Jewel College, lectures on the Prophet [[Isaiah]] at [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary|Saint Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary]] (STOTS), in Alaska for their continuing education programs, a lecture on beauty in Church architecture at the [[Orthodox Inter-Seminary Movement]]'s (OISM) latest gathering at STOTS, and sermons in parishes and at the monastery church.
{{start box}}
{{succession|
before=see created|
title=Bishop of Bethesda<br>Auxiliary ([[OCA]])|
years=2020-present|
after=—}}
{{end box}}
==Source==
*[https://www.oca.org/holy-synod/bishops/the-right-reverend-alexis The Right Reverend Alexis] ([[OCA]])
==External Link==
*[http://ancientchristianwisdom.com/ Ancient Christian Wisdom]
[[Category:Bishops]]
[[Category:Bishops of Bethesda]]
[[Category:21st-century bishops]]